Historical September 1987 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
St. Roch School, 6040 Waterman, has announced that it has expanded its kindergarten to a full school day program, and that it will offer an extended day program until 6 p.m. for any child in kindergarten through eighth grade.
The kindergarten classroom and activity center have been reorganized to accommodate the kindergarten for a full school day. “We are very excited about the new kindergarten and especially about the teacher Sister Leo Ann has chosen to formulate the program,” said Ted Fanson, president of the St. Roch School Board. “Kindergarten is such an important transition for the children.
They are embarking on a sixteen to twenty year academic journey.
They need someone who can help them discover that this journey can be enlightening, interesting and fun.
Mary Gannon is just the person to do that.” Mary Gannon is the new kindergarten teacher.
A native St. Louisan, Mary attended St. Joseph’s Academy and Fontbonne College.
She taught hearing impaired children for four years in Phoenix, Arizona.
In addition to her classroom teaching, she developed and taught a one-on-one program for hearing impaired children ranging from four months to high school age.
Since returning to St. Louis with her husband and three children, Mary has worked with preschool children.
Mary wants her new little students to feel as comfortable as possible when they arrive at St. Roch on the first day of school.
To that end, she is planning to invite each kindergartner and his or her parents to meet with her on an individual basis before school starts.
In addition to their personalized meeting with their teacher, the kindergartners and their families are invited to the annual Kindergarten picnic.
The picnic is designed to allow the children to meet each other before the school year begins.
The extended day program is also new to St. Roch this year.
It will be open from school dismissal at 3:15 p.m. until 6 p.m. everyday after school.
The program will be staffed by St. Roch faculty members.
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Mary Gannon, St. Roch’s new kindergarten teacher, and Carolina Dorris, a member of the 1987–88 kindergarten class. The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1987, page 2. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1987.
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